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2021.06.14 Cartoon

After Lee Jun-seok, a 36-year-old political rookie, was elected last week as chairman...

2021-06-13

A clueless government

Apartments rented on jeonse, or long-term deposit, contracts continue to get more expensive. Jeonse prices rose for the 102nd week in a row. The trend has continued from the first week of July 2019 through the first week of this...

2021-06-13

‘Those were the days’

Men over age 14 who did not fulfill military duty and women.The government once openly banned them from traveling abroad, and the reasoning was that the national economy was struggling.In 1968, President Park Chung Hee ordered a...

2021-06-13

Democracies differ

Helene Landemore, a professor of political science at Yale University, recently challenged her students to design a constitution for Mars. The intriguing assignment was proposed by a columnist from the Financial Times.Today’s...

2021-06-13

Leftism means never saying sorry

As I have observed over the last four years, excusing themselves and blaming others for anything is the intrinsic nature of the leftist forces. The history of those attributes is not very short. It coincided with the birth of...

2021-06-13

Democracies differ (KOR)

Helene Landemore, a professor of political science at Yale University, recently challenged her students to design a constitution for Mars. The intriguing assignment was proposed by a columnist from the Financial Times.Today’s...

2021-06-13

‘Those were the days’ (KOR)

Men over age 14 who did not fulfill military duty and women.The government once openly banned them from traveling abroad, and the reasoning was that the national economy was struggling.In 1968, President Park Chung Hee...

2021-06-13

'Sparrows' across Korea unite to upcycle

If there is a silver lining for every cloud, then for the Covid-19 pandemic, it is the newfound attention people are paying to environmental issues. People are witnessing not only millions of disposable masks being thrown away every day, but also...

2021-06-13

EU review of shipbuilders' merger put on hold

The European Union's (EU) antitrust regulator has not yet resumed its review of the proposed merger between Korea's two leading shipbuilders, putting its decision on hold for nearly a year.

2021-06-13

Gas prices like helium

A sign at a local gas station in Seoul on Sunday shows the price of gasoline at 1,609 won ($1.44) per liter.

2021-06-13

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